Device for printing on paper tape and for cutting the tape into printed tickets

A device for printing a paper tape and for cutting the tape into printed tickets, the device comprising a frame with a cover hinged to the frame, a printer comprising a thermal print head carried resiliently by the frame and co-operating in operation with a tape drive roller mounted to rotate on the cover, the print head bearing against a generator line of the roller, cutter means downstream from the print head in the tape drive direction comprising a fixed blade whose cutting edge extends parallel to the axis of the drive roller and a knife that is movable along the fixed blade, the cutting edge of the moving knife crossing the cutting edge of the fixed blade, and guide means for guiding the tape between the printer and the cutter means, wherein the guide means are formed by two walls substantially parallel to the axis of the roller, one of the walls being carried by the cover downstream from the roller and the other wall being carried by the frame upstream from the cutting edge of the fixed blade, the walls imposing an S-bend on the portion of tape that extends between the printer and the cutting edge of the fixed blade.